1200 Mowing Speed

[jimbob200521]

Anybody thought of a speed-up pulley for the deck? Same forward speed but higher blade speed = better cutting of thick grass.

[dvogtvpe]

I'd have to check the parts books but I thought there were 2 different pulleys that worked on the 44/50 in decks. 1 was faster

[sawdustdad]

I replaced the pulley on my 44C deck with a larger pulley (went from 4" to 5" I think) so I could use it with my 1450. Made it a 44A deck I suppose? Belt size is different, too. I think the 44C used a 5/8 belt (for the 82 series tractor) while the earlier used 1/2 or 7/16 belts. Something like that. ccspecialties.org or ihccwh.com should have the pulley you need.

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by sawdustdad

I replaced the pulley on my 44C deck with a larger pulley (went from 4" to 5" I think) so I could use it with my 1450. Made it a 44A deck I suppose? Belt size is different, too. I think the 44C used a 5/8 belt (for the 82 series tractor) while the earlier used 1/2 or 7/16 belts. Something like that. ccspecialties.org or ihccwh.com should have the pulley you need.

A larger pulley on the deck would make it slower, you must have went from 5" to 4"

[olds45512]

I think the creeper is very handy when mowing, when we first move to our house the grass was 6 inches taller than the hood on the 100 i had at the time but with the creeper in low and the trans in first i was able to take the full deck width without bogging the engine.

[ccannon222]

I'll lend my 2 cents. I have a 126 with a 42" deck and located in VA. If my grass had any height or thickness I could not get a good cut in first gear and the deck would stop up.

I tried raising the deck and cutting twice, didn't really help. I had to cut half widths and mixed results. Making sure the blades are sharp and deck adjusted correctly helped but didn't completely solve the problem.

I ended up installing a creeper gear which helped a lot. Third gear creeper low worked well. Occasionally 2nd gear creeper low was needed. The creeper also allowed my to use our snow blower which was a nice bonus.

Word of caution, shifting is difficult. You will need to shift the creeper into neutral in order to change gears. My yard requires a lot for backing up so I have to shift the creeper a lot.

Now I only use my 126 for rough cutting along the road and I use my 782 with 44C for my yard. Hydro helped with speed and the 44C doesn't stop up as much.

I also have a 46GT deck I use with a bagger for leaf removal in the fall. That deck cuts great! Only down side is it is noisier than the 44C and takes more fuel to run.

Chris

[darkminion_17]

You should not have to do that.there is no neutral on a creeper and will damage it eventually using it that way. If you have an issue shifting using the gear shifter your clutch adjustment needs to be checked.RTFM it is in there on how to use a creeper.

My 86 has a creeper and I mowed with it yesterday using the creeper in high spots and I did not have to shift the way you described in your post.

[zippy1]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

You should not have to do that.there is no neutral on a creeper and will damage it eventually using it that way. If you have an issue shifting using the gear shifter your clutch adjustment needs to be checked.RTFM it is in there on how to use a creeper.

My 86 has a creeper and I mowed with it yesterday using the creeper in high spots and I did not have to shift the way you described in your post.

X-2, never had to do such a thing. As Lew said, "there is no neutral on a creeper"
When I use my 122 with creeper there are spots I use the low range. Stop the tractor shift from 2nd to 3rd, just as you would if in the high range. Definitely sounds like a clutch adjustment issue.

[sawdustdad]

Originally Posted by olds45512

A larger pulley on the deck would make it slower, you must have went from 5" to 4"

Yes, of course, you're correct. Reduced the pulley size. Duh!

[Texas Blues]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

Anybody thought of a speed-up pulley for the deck? Same forward speed but higher blade speed = better cutting of thick grass.

Ok guys, like I mentioned earlier, I have a 50C deck with the smaller deck drive pulley. This morning I removed the pulleys and blades from the 50C. Turns out, on my 50A deck, the outer drive pulleys are already the smaller type, so all I needed to change was the center drive pulley. The blades on my 50C deck were pretty new. I sharpened them, it didnt take much. Turns out the 50C blades bolt right on and work fine although they look different. Those 50A blades do not look like they have ever been changed, probably wouldnt cut hot butter lol. So now, with the smaller pulley, and the better blades, the 1200 worked alittle better at 1st gear speed. The blades do spin noticably faster. I did have to run the tensioner adjustment on the mule drive all the way out. Actually I need to fabricate another adjustmernt rod, because it still should be adjusted alittle more to comensate for the smaller pulley. A new belt wouldnt hurt either.

Anyhow that experiment was worth doing, just thougt I would let ya'll know how it worked. Thanks again, TB